GRE Word List
PHOENIX
a legendary bird which according to one account lived 500 years, burned itself to ashes on a pyre, and rose alive from the ashes to live another period
The meaning of the word phoenix is a legendary bird which according to one account lived 500 years, burned itself to ashes on a pyre, and rose alive from the ashes to live another period.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| bantering | to speak to or address in a witty and teasing manner |
| abnegation | denial |
| sturdy | firmly built or constituted : stout |
| precipitous | precipitate |
| transpire | to take place : go on |
| grudging | unwilling |
| ultimatum | a final proposition, condition, or demand |
| foible | the part of a sword or foil blade between the middle and point |
| appease | pacify |
| deify | to make a god of |